THIRLWALL, A. P. <br/><br/>
Economics of development :  theory and evidence / 
A. P. Thirlwall. -- 
 - 9. ed. 
 - London:  Palgrave,  2011. 
 - 678 p. 
<br/><br/> PART I DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT.  1. The Study of Economic Development.  2. The Development Gap and the Measurement of Poverty.  3. The Characteristics of Underdevelopment and Structural Change.  4. Theories of Economic Growth: Old and New.  PART II FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS  5. The Role of Agriculture and Surplus Labour for Industrialisation.  6. Capital Accumulation, Technical Progress and Techniques of Production  7. Human Capital: Education, The Role of Women, Nutrition and Health.  8. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development.   9. The Role of the State in Economic Development.  PART III THE PERPETUATION OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT.  10. Dualism, Centre-Periphery Models and the Process of Cumulative Causation.  11. Population and Development.  12. Development and the Environment.  PART IV FINANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  13. Financing Development from Domestic Resources.  14. Foreign Assistance, Aid, Debt and Development.  PART V INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT.  15. Trade Theory, Policy and Economic Development.  16. The Balance of Payments, International Monetary Assistance and Development. 
<br/><br/> Tony Thirlwall's bestselling 'Economics of Development' (formerly 'Growth and Development') provides a clear, comprehensive and analytically rigorous introduction to development for students of economics. For the Ninth Edition, the contents have been revised comprehensively and reorganized to reflect the evolving field.  
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780230222298 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>País Subdesenvolvido<br/> Política Econômica<br/> Teoria Econômica